Answer in brief
CVE-2026-97685 records a High severity (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability in LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.3.0 - Cross-survey object authorization bypass in REST survey patch operations. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.1. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| LimeSurvey/LimeSurveygeneric | 7.3.0 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 29, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 29, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 29, 2026
An authenticated LimeSurvey Community Edition 7.3.0 user allowed to create surveys can use their own survey as an authorized context while supplying question or answer identifiers belonging to another user's survey. The REST survey-patching endpoint checks the attacker's permission against the survey ID in the request URL, but the vulnerable persistence operations resolve the target object independently by its global qid or aid and never verify that it belongs to that authorized survey.
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